O MagazineAsk Your Mother To Tell You A Story
What we don't know about our mother's as women, friends, lovers and professionals can have a deep effect on our lives. By M.J. Rose. Not online but in the May 2003 Issue

Poets & Writers MagazineHow Lucky Can You Get?
Often when an author signs a book contract that's his or her last word on the all important publishing process about to be set in motion. Author of more than 150 articles on the publishing industry, M.J. Rose looks at how to redress that balance of power.
www.pw.org/mag/0305/rose.htm

E-Publishing InkE-Books Fly the Friendly Skies
In-flight ads tout e-books' portability to United Airlines passengers. Also: A new way to check out e-books ... fee-based courses from BN.com... all in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,55476,00.html

E-Publishing InkBook, Website Spur Iraq Discourse
A new book -- and its companion website -- opposing a U.S. war on Iraq challenges readers to question authority. Also: Comics fans get more online strips.... The World Almanac hits handhelds...all in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,55176,00.html

E-Publishing Ink9/11 Book Born Online Hits Stage
A book of reflections collected online from professional and citizen journalists on the events of Sept. 11 makes its way to London's Old Vic Theatre. Also: Audio CDs digitize textbooks on tape...all in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,55022,00.html

January MagazineThe Art of Procrastination
I don't remember ever wanting to be anything other than a writer. As I kid I devoured books and authors were my heroes. But no matter how many notebooks or pens I bought, no matter how many classes I took, no matter how many times I started, I never got farther the first two paragraphs.www.januarymagazine.com/features/artofprocras.html

E-Publishing InkWho Spilled Merlot on the E-Book?
Electronic wine lists help diners at Aureole restaurants in Vegas and New York match their meals with the prefect vintage. Also: E-publish in minutes.... E-books en español.... .... all in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54839,00.html

E-Publishing InkDogged Readers Bid to Pick Names
The creators of Greyhound enthusiasts vie online, eBay style, to name characters in a forthcoming self-published novel where the dogs run the show. Also: E-book surveys shed light on readers.... all in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54758,00.html

E-Publishing InkPaper Mag Sprouts From Book Zine
The creators of Readerville.com believe they can make it on the magazine racks. Also: Website offers greetings like Hallmark, only erotic and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54624,00.html

E-Publishing InkMommy, Write Me a Story
Mothers get publishing advice and support. Also: How to collaborate online ... create a writer's website and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/0,1284,53997,00.html

E-Publishing InkHow the Net Can Stop Gross Losses
Authors say the Internet-based business language described in a new book can level the playing field. Also: Book reviews galore, and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/0,1284,53864,00.html

E-Publishing InkComeback of a Crusty Comic Cop
An old lawman's career is resurrected in Web comics. Also: Publisher reacts when readers complain.... Up-to-the-minute bestseller lists.... ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53586,00.html

E-Publishing InkPublished in a New York Minute
Online techniques and technologies give publishing a new urgency. Also: Innovative new authors ... shrinking iUniverse ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53219,00.html

E-Publishing InkA Dilbert for a Post-9/11 World
An online comic strip featuring cubicle workers discussing post-attack feelings is being made into a book. Also: A push for I Love to Write Day.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52658,00.html

E-Publishing InkBook Reviews Find Homes on Web
Major newspapers are devoting less and less space to book reviews, but the Web is more than picking up the slack. Also: Deep Throat revealed? ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52488,00.html

Poets&Writers MagazineEverything Old Is New Again
Reinventing the Publishing Model
More than 3,500 novels are published in the U.S. each year (not counting paperback or genre fiction)—but even the most avid reader buys fewer than 50 of them. While the main advantage to being published by a large press is the distribution, marketing, promotion, and visibility it can offer, all too often that kind of attention is bestowed only upon the clearly commercial novel that is already earmarked to be a winner, usually because of the author's previous performance. But a few hardworking, independent houses are implementing new publishing practices ... ones that put the author first. By M.J. Rosewww.pw.org/mag/rose0205.htm

E-Publishing InkLooking for the 'E' at BEA
The hype and hoopla surrounding e-publishing is still there, but it's just a little harder to find. At Book Expo America last weekend, a few initiatives stood out ,in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52319,00.html

E-Publishing InkMoxie, or $10 Worth of Chutzpah?
Writers are steamed at online zine Moxie's decision to charge $10 per submission. Also: A home for Web-comics ... a smaller e-book reader ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52168,00.html

E-Publishing Ink Font of Errors Plagued Awards
Loss of funding killed the Frankfurt E-Book Awards, but the concept was flawed from the start. Also: New awards on the horizon ... a glut of guilt ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52015,00.html

E-Publishing InkLiterary Lynching Goes Online
A new book chronicles the sometimes ugly history of what happens to authors when they criticize the government. Also: A writer thinks visually.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,51429,00.html

E-Publishing InkBeaming Promos a Tough Read
Would free excerpts direct from a kiosk to your handheld make you buy the book? Also: What's in a publisher's name? ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,51291,00.html

E-Publishing InkHow to Do It (Publish, That Is)
Do it yourself publishing, with help from others. Also: Getting hip on Hep C.... Shakespeare or shaky scholarship.... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50971,00.html

E-Publishing InkA Site for Seeing Amazon Sales
Authors have a new way to track sales. Also: Downloads for the visually impaired ... The Canterbury Tales get a facelift ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50807,00.html

E-Publishing InkA Footnote to E-Book History
Douglas Rushkoff's e-book, which was annotated by readers online, will be published in print form. Also: Adding a third dimension ... an author gives himself a 5-star review ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50468,00.html

E-Publishing InkReading on the Net With Boys
See Jane read better than Dick. See man who wants boys to read better. See man develop a website to address problem. Also: Reviewing new review site.... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50350,00.html

E-Publishing InkE-Mail That Lures Book Readers
Chapter-a-Day thinks it can get people back into the habit of reading books by e-mailing them a chapter a day. The only way to finish the book is by buying it, though. Also: Enron scandal hits e-publishing.... and more from M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50193,00.html

E-Publishing InkAuthors' Sites Offer Insights
Authors like the idea that publishers don't get involved in their promotional websites, saying the autonomy allows them to be more creative. Also: A Tennessee library lobbies for funding.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49865,00.html

E-Publishing Ink2001 Was a Tough Read for E-Books
Apparently, the e-book revolution is still a tome waiting to be written, but judging by the opinions expressed here, there is no shortage of potential authors. M.J. Rose looks at the year in e-publishing. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49297,00.html

E-Publishing Ink E-Books Live On After Mighty Fall
Last week's shuttering of MightyWords is just one in a series of closings by big-name, e-book sellers. But smaller companies are thriving. Also: MightyWords' last words.... Read like an e-Egyptian.... in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49184,00.html

E-Publishing Ink Black Publisher: From Net to BET
A small publishing house that markets entirely online gets big league attention from Black Entertainment Television Books and top book clubs. Also: Hitting the streets for Sept. 11 victims ... erotica goes serial ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. in Culture www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48983,00.html

E-Publishing InkE-Books OK'd as Art in the U.K.
A grant by the U.K.'s funding body for university research confers automatic legitimacy. Also: Erotica is significant, too.... Powells.com expands its e-offerings.... All in M.J. Rose's notebook. In Culture www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48804,00.html

E-Publishing InkAudio E-Books Seek a Buzz
That sound you hear is audio e-books, magazines and newspapers clamoring for attention. Also: Hitchhiker's guide to his hard drive ... the language of digital rights ... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,48620,00.html

E-Publishing InkWatch as This Novel Gets Written
A winner of the Pulitzer Prize will write his novel online while surfers watch. Also: Online discussion groups flourish, and Scholastic releases another e-book. It's all in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47961,00.html

E-Publishing InkAnd Now a Novel From Our Sponsor
Product placement and banner ads invade the world of e-books, in an e-mail serial by author Jesse Kornbluth. Also: A Halloween download.... Frankfurt E-book Awards.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47534,00.html

E-Publishing InkEight Copies Sold Is Enough
The Frankfurt eBook Awards nominates a non-fiction title that has sold only eight copies. Also: Self-publishing readers dig Frankenstein.... A page-turning contest.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47391,00.html

E-Publishing InkSelfless Acts or Self Promotion?
Booksellers question other booksellers who hitch their wares to the Sept. 11 attacks.... In an unrelated promotional scheme, an author gets naked on the Net.... All in M.J. Rose's notebook www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47179,00.html

E-Publishing InkWeb Readings Replace Real Ones
In the wake of the attacks, authors turn to virtual book tours. Also: Writers union says The New York Times blacklists freelancers ... and e-books are showing an immediacy that the printed word can't duplicate ... all in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47036,00.html

E-Publishing InkBook World Lends a Helping Word
Online publishers and booksellers turn to buyers to help raise money in wake of attacks. Also: Intifada.com not welcome at Amazon, a firefighter's story and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46908,00.html

E-Publishing InkBoundless Books Abound
Figures show e-books are cheaper and titles more plentiful than what's often reported. Also: It's not who you know but where to find them.... Kids can publish too ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46635,00.html

E-Publishing InkSklyarov Boss to Skirt DMCA
The president of ElmcomSoft will present the same paper on copyright security that landed programmer Dmitri Sklyarov in a U.S. jail. He's doing it in Amsterdam. Also: Book pirates abound.... E-book guidelines are updated.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46318,00.html

E-Publishing InkThe Library That Keeps On Giving
The California State University system brokers a deal with NetLibrary so e-books can be lent to many at one time. Also: Turning Ploughshares into e-Ploughshares, fiction goes 3D and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46160,00.html

E-Publishing InkPrint-on-Demand Books Cost More
Cover prices for books that don't exist until buyers order them rise as much as 30 percent. Also: Writers just want to get paid, a 10-hour read and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46012,00.html

E-Publishing InkThey're Young, But They Can Read
So-called Young Adult books often lose the battle of shelf space in stores but they flourish online. Authors are also fighting to broaden their audience. Also: Up-sizing for the sight-impaired, free books with purchase of a reading device, and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45764,00.html

E-publishing InkThrow the E-Book at Sklyarov?
Publishers laud the Justice Department's arrest of the Russian software trafficker, but most of the online e-book community sides with the luckless hacker. Also: The latest in e-book marketing ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,45466,00.html

E-Publishing InkTwelve-Minute Book Delivery
The first fully automated print-on-demand book vending machine is on the
way. Also: Remnants is in big demand, and New York on no dollars a day.
All in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45228,00.html

E-Publishing InkHow to Pre-Sell a Best-Seller
Invitation to Weigh In on Wedgies
NPR commentator Douglas Rushkoff asks readers to contribute online annotations to his futuristic historical novel, Exit Strategy. Also: Happy birthday, Project Gutenberg, and the return of a poet. All in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45067,00.html

E-Publishing InkHow to Pre-Sell a Best-Seller
Franklin Has Some New E-Book Pals
Franklin Electronic Publishers adds about 3,000 titles with new relationships.
Also: An Adobe security crack.... Readers want more, cheaply.... And more in M.J. Rose's e-publishing notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44958,00.html

E-Publishing InkHow to Pre-Sell a Best-Seller
Interest in Neil Gaiman's American Gods is spurred on by his three-year-old online journal. Also: An online rag goes downloadable, and another e-mail publication experiments with "print" ads. All in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44751,00.html

A self-help e-book publisher creates a book that's more like a store; whatever makes you feel good is now available for purchase. Also: Friends of Readerville.com chip in, e-books get ID numbers.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44579,00.html

E-Publishing InkOnce-Dead Writers Site Returns
EbookNet.com, closed in April by Gemstar, will return as eBookWeb.org in July. Also: The search for virtual miracles ... the expansion of an online library network ... all in M.J. Rose's notebook. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44385,00.html

E-Books Out of Print Already?
It seemed like all anybody could talk about at last year's BookExpo America was e-books. Not this year, where print books were all the rage and e-publishers agreed prices must come down. M.J. Rose reports from Chicago wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44277,00.html

E-Publishing InkWSJ: The Little Dickens
A serialized novel makes its way onto the pages -- and homepages -- of The Wall Street Journal.... Also: Book sites team up for a summer reading contest.... Students at Stanford go wireless.... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,44135,00.html

E-Publishing InkNew Accounting for Best-Sellers
When the editor of a best-sellers list for e-books asks for verification, one author says it's an invasion of privacy. Also: Art books you can carry ... a campus without books ... and reviews with pull. All in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43978,00.html

E-Publishing InkKids Ask the Darnedest Things
Do you ever hate yourself? That and other questions are posed in a new book edited by, and for, adolescents and young adults. Also: The first e-books are free.... And more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43778,00.html

E-Publishing InkPay to Publish, Pay for Review
Yep, authors can pay for anything now -- including reviews of their work. The controversial idea launches soon on a website near you. Also: The benefit of a free sample, and poetry that pays.... In M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43606,00.html

E-Publishing InkFall of Times New Roman Empire
Online literature goes against type, including one e-book that's based on a collection of fonts. Also: Learn the craft, download it to your phone, and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43198,00.html

E-Publishing InkAuthors Lose Sight of Writer Site
Writers like to be read, so it came as a shock when Gemstar closed down Ebooknet.com without warning. Also: Authors make for good interviews, an author's diary and the Revolution arrives on Palm, all in M.J. Rose's e-publishing notebook. http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42922,00.html

E-Publishing InkThe E-Book as Print-Edition Ad
Not waiting for e-books to become the preferred product to read, one publisher is placing ads for printed books in electronic form. Also: A queen gets her due.... and customized textbooks.... all in M.J. Rose's notebook. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42751,00.html

E-Publishing InkWhen in Doubt, Believe in Self
Traditional book publishers said Juliet Waldron's book was too romantic, too historical, too something. So she self-published it, and now it's been honored with an Independent Ebook Award. This and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42624,00.html

E-Publishing InkPeanut Now in Palm's Grasp
Tuesday Palm acquires Peanutpress.com, which gives the handheld giant a firmer hold on the e-book market. Also: the Rolls-Royce of e-book readers, sci-fi writers get to be read, and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42484,00.html

E-Publishing InkAuthors to Protest Amazon
The Author's Guild is planning a formal protest against Amazon.com, which puts cheaper, used book offerings alongside the new ones. Also: Poor fiction sales prompt AtRandom.com to go nonfiction, a publshing house offers free downloads and other sites give authors more control. All in M.J. Rose's notebook. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42350,00.html

E-Publishing InkRandom House Sues for Rights
The dispute rages over rights for e-books versus print books. Slate launches e-books and e-book reviews. Also: PreviewPort.com offers free author websites.... The New York Post puts its archives online.... and more in M.J. Rose's Notebook. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42195,00.html

E-Publishing InkE-Books Are Now on the Shelf
Electronic books are hitting the bookstores in an experiment to see if new technology can be sold the old-fashioned way. And an online bookshop is offering hands-on customer service. Also: E-books do sell, publishers try to sell and authors seek those who sell. All in M.J. Rose's notebook.www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42021,00.html

Inkspot Vanishes From Xlibris
The acclaimed writer's website is a casualty of cost-cutting moves by the digital cooperative press. But it may return. Also: Interactive and hyper-linked texts want attention, an advertiser-based site pays, and more. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41900,00.html

A Recipe Straight From the Heart
When noted cookbook author Marcia Adams was diagnosed with advanced heart disease and put on a heart transplant waiting list, she didn't stop writing. But her book wound up not selling - except to readers as an ebook. Plus more on a free book about hacking and how much profit Stephen King made on the plant. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41741,00.html

Amazon Wants to Sell Your Stuff
The online retailer announces a plan to handle transactions for smaller retailers, including booksellers. Also: E-book bestsellers.... the National Writers Union v. publishers.... and more in M.J. Rose's notebook. http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41611,00.html

Here's One Healthy E-Publisher
E-publishing dead? Take a gander at Fictionwise.com, a healthy site in a supposedly floundering sector. Also from M.J. Rose's notebook: A new nteractive novel.... The Virginia Book fest.... and morewired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41343,00.html

New York Stories Go Electronic
The New Yorker is publishing a series of e-books in a format that will mirror their recent anthologies. Also: Dot-authors get their names back ... Frankfurt e-book awards to recognize innovation as well as writing quality ... and engineers get into digital rights management. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41451,00.html

E-Publishing Now a Noble Effort
Barnes & Noble Digital decides to become a publisher, begging the question: Will Amazon.com and others sell its books? Also: Why not make the e-books look good, too? ... And poetry goes globalwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41056,00.html

Publishing 2000
The King and E Y2K was a breakthrough year for the world of e-books and e-publishing. One name stood out: Stephen King. But there was other news, too. M.J. Rose takes a look at the e-year that was. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40800,00.html

A Bad Ending for E-Authors
E-publisher MightyWords terminates half its authors and slashes royalties to those it retains. The message to self-published authors is clear: If you want to sell books, sell them yourself. wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,40086,00.html

Pirates Invade Book Publishing
A website that offered links to free downloads of entire texts of copyrighted books by famous authors has changed its homepage and is denying it ever existed. But the question remains: What can the publishing industry do about this Napster-ization of book www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38945,00.html

Rediscovering Indie Bookstores
Independent booksellers have gotten the message, and more and more their little bookstores in the middle of nowhere are finding second homes on the Web. By M.J. Rose. www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38672,00.html

Black Hole in Writers' Universe?
3:00 a.m. 12.Sep.2000 PDT A writers' group is investigating the mysterious disappearances of their titles on iUniverse.com. Also from M.J. Rose's notebook: E-audiobooks ... Buy an e-book, plant a tree ... And more. www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38706,00.html